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Takkari: A routine fare

By Radhika Rajamani
November 26, 2007 12:13 IST
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Throw in lots of fight, some romance, some sentiments and voila! A Telugu film is ready. Takkari more or less follows this route -- a regular masala film.

It follows the time-and-tested path with a storyline which has been much done to death. Poor boy falling in love with rich girl (haven't we seen that umpteen times before?), add to it the brother-sister sentiment, and you have enough of old wine but not necessarily in a new bottle.

A middle-class boy Tirupati (Nitin) is not given money by his father to start his business. So he indulges in making quick money in small amounts by devious ways. He is good at packing in a few punches to people. He falls in love with Priya (Sada), a rich girl who has a strict brother - businessman Guru (Sayaji Shinde) who is willing to do anything for his sister except getting her married to Tirupati. So the game starts between Tirupati and Guru. Who will outsmart each other? Who will win?

Director Amma Rajasekhar has been careful enough to stick to the same formula. Being a choreographer too, he has focused a bit on the dances which are just about average. The songs by Chakri are 'rhythmic' but not so melodic. As part of a trite story, Rajasekhar has also inserted an unnecessary comedy track of Ali just for the inclusion of one which has now become an essential ingredient (though unneeded for many). There are some scenes/portions which are watchable, like those exchanges between Tirupati and Guru where each is trying to outwit the other. Besides that Takkari is routine fare.

Nitin has done a decent job. He is quite supple when it comes to dancing. Perhaps he has the potential to perform better. Sada does not have much to do except bare her skin which she does so liberally. Sayaji Shinde as the brother is convincing and the scenes between him and Nitin are watchable.

Entertainment is the key word when it comes to cinema. And if you are looking for some mindless entertainment, Takkari offers that. Rajasekhar's Takkari is perhaps better than his Khatarnak but in the end you walk out of the theatre muttering, just the same kind of film! There's nothing new about it!

One wonders, when can we expect something new from directors in the Telugu film industry?

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Radhika Rajamani